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Some of the best tools available online for creating your resume are About.com, Beyond.com and CareerCloud, Joe Stubblebine writes. He grades these tools and seven others based on criteria such as ease of setup, social connectivity and appearance.

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Create a "wish list" of people you want to meet, then begin following them on Twitter and sharing their updates, Kim Garst writes. Your goal should be to eventually invite the person to meet you offline, she writes.

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Some of the best tools available online for creating your resume are About.com, Beyond.com and CareerCloud, Joe Stubblebine writes. He grades these tools and seven others based on criteria such as ease of setup, social connectivity and appearance.

Many online job boards such as Beyond.com provide mobile recruiting options such as smartphone applications that can send job openings to candidates, Julie Shenkman writes. Still, mobile options should only be used as one part of recruitment, and employers shouldn't neglect other recruiting practices such as online ads, she writes.